Deep into the summer, we here at WWAC are combatting high temperatures by balancing our reading between romances, teens pushing boundaries, and thoughtful nonfiction. Any book can be a beach read if you bring it to the beach!
Archie Comics Pubwatch: July 2024
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for July! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In July’s Pubwatch, Salem gets another Archie Horror one-shot, and Archie starts to rolls out its Halloween lineup for 2024. Also, there are plenty of new variant covers and much more!…
REVIEW: X-Factor #1 is Far Too Facetious For Its Story
In X-Factor #1, Angel leads a new iteration of the group, this time recruited by the US government and a social media company. As mutant and human tensions continue to rise, the new team demonstrates that they’re not really up to the task of protecting pride and country. But with fame, fortune, and power up…
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Perfect Crime Party Targets Women in History
Pick up your candlesticks and revolvers and head to the ballroom, because it’s time for a Perfect Crime Party! WWAC is excited to share an exclusive preview of three stories in the anthology coming soon from Iron Circus Comics!
Previously On Comics: Endings and Cancellations
Good morning, how are you? It’s a long weekend in the UK and I am very excited to have one less day of work/one more day of reading manga and playing video games this week.
BOOKS: A Year of Diana Wynne Jones: The Early 1970s!
In my quest to read all of Diana Wynne Jones’s books in one year, for the first month I read Witch’s Business, The Ogre Downstairs, and Eight Days of Luke! These are three fun standalone books aimed at ages 8-12. Of them, my favorite is probably Witch’s Business for the way it shows children working…
ESSAY: Extreme Ghostbusters is Extremely Good (with Episode Guide)
There’s a piece of Ghostbusters media that often gets lost in the shuffle. No, I’m not talking about that one, I’m talking about Extreme Ghostbusters! If you’re unfamiliar, Extreme Ghostbusters [also known as XGB] was a short-lived animated series designed as a sequel series to The Real Ghostbusters. The show took place a few years…
WWACommendations: Song of a Blackbird, Dragon Goes House Hunting, Poison Ivy and More
Greetings to you from a place of calm: my day off after my biggest program of the year. This is a perfect moment to dive in to recommendations! A great stressor – albeit an important one that I value very much! – has been lifted, and there is space in my brain to really, truly…
Previously on Comics: Award Nominees Announced, But Also Distressing X-Men ’97 Drama
Hello and happy Monday from your Friendly, Neighbourhood Previously Editor! I’ve got a short and quick round-up of recent news.
REVIEW: Uncanny X-Men #1 Builds the Suspense with a Dream Mutant Team
Krakoa has fallen. In Uncanny X-Men #1, a small group of mutants, Rogue, Gambit, Wolverine, and Nightcrawler, search for purpose in a world that continues to hate mutantkind. Mutants still need the X-Men because they’re being hunted, locked up, and killed. But what exactly makes a mutant an X-Man? That’s what this little team must…
REVIEW: The Power Fantasy #1 Is This Summer’s Strongest Debut
Image Comics’ The Power Fantasy is one of the strongest first issues from 2024.
REVIEW: Deadpool #1-4 – Real Laughs and Real Pain for Wade
Deadpool #1-4 gives us a dour, sarcastic Merc with a Mouth – whose gory glibness hides a whole lot of pain. Things blow up, people bleed, Wade is actively threatened with death (!!), and a new supervillain is right in Wade’s path. It’s not my favorite Deadpool arc, but it is sufficiently intriguing enough to…